Wikipedia
Thorn tree may refer to:
- The common name for several species of trees in tropical or temperate climates that have spiky, thorn-like leaves, e.g. the Acacia and the boxthorn (Lycium)
- Thorntree, a housing estate in the town of Middlesbrough, in North East England
- A long-running travel-related discussion forum on the Web site of Lonely Planet.
Usage examples of "thorn tree".
He hitched Daisy to the low branches of a thorn tree and set off over waste land, entering Grendon's property by the South Meadow.
He hitched Daisy to the low branches of a thorn tree and set off over waste land, entering Grendon’.
At the Thorn Tree, the wounded man sat with his hand plunged in a flagon of beer while the taverner's wife mopped his brow.
And he pointed to the roughly-hewn block of blue mottled rock that lay below the camel-thorn tree.
No sooner would one of the bulls shake down a rain of ripe pods from the top branches of a tall thorn tree than a dozen youngsters would rush over to gobble them.
It tasted disgusting, but he felt the soothing effect almost immediately and he tossed the tobacco pouch to Hendrick and leaned back against the trunk of the thorn tree.
She was too restless to stay here under the thorn tree any longer.
We children of the Tor were encouraged to throw stones at the monks and toss animal dung over their wooden stockade or laugh at the pilgrims who scuttled through the wicket gate to worship a thorn tree that grew next to the impressive stone church which had been built by the Romans and still dominated the Christian compound.
One year Merlin had a similar thorn tree enthroned on the Tor and we all worshipped it by singing, dancing and bowing.
Far away to our left a stunted thorn tree stood on its head, the first mirage of the day's heat.
Not even Aster's--for there under the same thorn tree was surely the same half-wit boy watching the same sheep as on my very first ride.
His shouts galvanized Mintaka, and when she peered out from behind the bole of the thorn tree Nefer was a blood-soaked spectacle beneath the lion's bulk.